The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-13 00:00:00

MARKET 1 ; y AND 00113 aliCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 'The position of the Money Market continues to Present a more f avoura bl e appearance th an it did o or thr ee d ays ago. So alteration in the official Bminimum has been announced this morning by the ank of England directors, and the inference is Therefore draw n th a t the weekly return of that e itabli s h ment will be of a satisfactory character. u ' l der these circumstances the tendency of affairs t int s to a fav oura bl e di rect i on . A t t h e same ti me e filating balances of discounters show a slight e3g hl eatation, whil e th e i nqu i r y for accommodation l ht bits a di m i nu ti on . B ro k ers are th ere f ore no t : c el aetiog in th e i r t erms , and in a few instances .Ih ee a desire to grant their regular customers greater facilities. Thus first-class bills have been gotiable this morning at 9 per cent. I : ro Po9als h ave b een ma d e b y th e di re ctors of the f t ' a etic and G rea t W es t ern R a il wa y,C om p a ny 13 ` )r the emission of 4,000,000 dols., representing a b ee clnd issue of mortgage bonds. The price of issue o ,, in g 63 , the coupons represent £l4 per annum i " each security of 1,000 dole., or 9i per cent. y llte , re st) which is payable half-yearly in New ir g and London. The bonds are redeemable at Wit hout a l 41. 6d. per dollar, and are transferable for stamp or endorsement. The object : r u W hich the capital is required is to 14 2°o sup miles of the main line with roll of,,Bteek. The development of the Western States 4ol eriea without any increase in the means of tr ansit t o the Eastern Ports has given the Atlantic and 4 Great W estern R a il way , as rap idl y as t h e ifferent sections have been opened, an unexampled lec i e s% The resources of the road, it is stated, Willi be far more t h an equa l t o mee t th e chagne for iatere st, even should the rate of exchange rule mesh Eigher than at present. trede,e Th feilure of Mr Edward Coombe, in the Spanish has transpired to-day. Two O'CLOCK. rAt the P ar i s B ourse thi s d a y, accor ding to enter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quote d 65f. 10 c . A n advance in the rate of die e°lint Was expected. The English Stock Market has been very favour ably influenced to-day, and a rise of i per cent. bee r t he improved quotations of last evening has b: the result of the business transacted . The ,` ter Condition of monetary affairs, and less ex tiethent shown by the public generally respecting 8 Mercantile failures that have lately occurred, ti av9 nonduced to impart a firmer tone to quota - Console for Consols for money are 88i .7„ and for the e°11 " 88 1 3 . The New Threes and Reduced An t " ~ n n ities a re 861 ; March Exchequer Bills, lls. diS.; June ditto 245. to 18s. die.; Indian debentures, 97; Bank Stock is 235 237 ; and B clia ditto, 212. ti ! 4 the Foreign Market there has been less busi `BBl but a fi rmer tone h as b een apparen t. T ur ki s h 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69 70; do. Consolides, 48i B,' Mexiean,26 4 ; do. New, 244 ; Greek, 22 I; 54eanish Pas s i ve , 30 4 ; do. Certificates, 13 1 4 ; n guese, 461 ; and the Confederate Loan, 11 66. Ea siness in the Raiiway Market has continued alp derat e:y active ; the adjustment of the acc ount, ho we 'ver has occupied the principal attention of the dealers and speculators. Lancashire and Yorkshire, h °4 th Western, and South Eastern have each im. 15s. ; Great Northern A Stock, North W estern and North Eastern (Berwick), each £1; 44d Great Northern, £1 10e. 11110 Foreign and Colonial lines cont inue dull, v; • t hout any material change in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous shares remain at steady t t ate s• London and South African h av e declined to ° and Hudson Bay Company have improved lo BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 G OVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols 3 130 Account, Nov 12 Jer Cent. Reduced B6l Z"'' 3 per Cent. e • n w 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891 4 4 "° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — raluities, 30 yrs, expire Rh J an., 1880 — bo for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885_ 7 —..... L 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. b 100 * . March. June. Raeltequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. 11 7 18 24 1)0 X5OO 1) 0 Ba tik £loo and £ 2OO .. f, aand Stk, 5/ per Ct. -° A ccount.. / 1.1.1)Iikli GOVENMENT,,SECURITIES. rltitha_ Stock, I R O i per Cent., April 1874 212 Do ? ftccount b ° 0 per C ent. J uly, 187 0 ° 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 — D o Certificat e s D 0 Accou nt Do 1 Pet Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _— b . t , 4 3 b ° •Ltfaced Paper, 4 per Cent . 1 -,° 0 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. '-' ) ' l °,„ I per Cent., May, 1879 — -- u 't per Cent.,Aug..- 1866 DO %lads '° 'ander £l,OOO dkr utri POREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Br a ~YM Bonds, 5 per Cent .. e l l 4 5 per :ent "It Per Cent. , 1852-58-60 ...... 111 1 „0 1863 .. e.. 0 Accol uit • c -e, Ayres 6 per, Cent ,-,11140, 6 per Cent. — t•,,,'0041. per Cent i'f'il'oabian 6 per Cent ]) 0 lt, 6 Per Cent. - Danish Per Cent, 1864 v , o B °- per Cent., 1825 -- " 6 . % per Cent, 1864 ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — v . , , Provisonal Land Warrant .. 96 :Opti ma , , b o r per Cent ~ ,Second Issue %ru..o 4/00 Bonds Do eit 5 tent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — ,A. yen ~oupons :‘,O Account Iretoala 5 per C en t. .. ft a i i ° 1839 and 1859 ))1, 2t 1a 5 per Cent.(M arem mana Railway) D o b n ' e ltt 3 per Cent .... Accou n t P 3 1864. bi Q t . Per Cent. Angl o :French —dis t t o Scrip, £33 pa id.... ° 1 ° French S cr i p , E x . 25f 20 c — dis x d jsrllGranadaBll Imperial 5 per Cent o 2 per Cent. ~,u0 Dete rre d 4 i ) ) 0 Land Warr a nts (Hectares) 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 64 — Ii Do do Aug., IbUo • e rttvian 41 per Cent. ) 1)° ' Cent. (Uribarren ... b ' per 1862 1 , 0 41 per Cent., .. _ p "0 Account.... 15114 guese 3 per Cent., 1853 Bilo Account .. ....". '1)1 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60,..62,'3.. 46 4 Account .- 11 4 sial l 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St •‘-'4 41 per Cent., 1850 1) )c' 1860 531 I . )°, i Per Cent 1859 D " '' Per Cent, 1862 D Anglo-Dutch 13 °- St riP £55 paid —Pm t i o in A ia li d per Cent f 3 n ` l °coUnt — -Itn e h 3 .I) per cent Do &count — 1.) 'mew Deferred .„10 Account 4 " ° Pi% 30k 1)0 sive N ) l46 li ' l‘ e -coulat • 1) 0 -,-, Cert. of Coup nut funded ~ .. • gu, .'cctount .. h edf ' ll 4' Cent. ~, - 0 8 ). per Ct 4 tirki,, b er ,'P, £6O paid. — P°' 11 0 - ' ° Per Cent. 1854 146 k e count I)11 o 0 A Per C ent. 1858 , nt 683 1) 0 6 .i • r - )0 Bonds — Lo p e r Cent. 1862 1)0 per •• COO Bonds.. n b 01863 _ o /3 0 (guarl,atteed 4 per Cent..... \l'e xtezi l ., 6 i 3 S eriP, ' Z4O paid 1)0 .4 3 .4' 14 3 Per Cent. A ccount D 0 Aden Cent., 1862 D 0 nlint . ',Fer Cent, . 1864 ti,.. -"lvidendi; on the above payable in London D" , afit,i t' l gim a ll3 ' , 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. t e i, 0 , t Per Cent., Ex. 25f... — ~.1), , i 'l Per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — f t r l e i llel; yenPereeesilt2 Certificates /1 111 , p 1861, d erj -iernt Ex 25 francs 6sa p 0 Ac count n • I ,.. t ra,,i aii , ~.. ........... ...... , s __, eialo,,„"ollar Bonds, 43 per Ct. bx. 4 . _ • - "e, 5 per Cent Ex. 25f .3 Ow, „ TWO O'CLOCK ~,- - ', 0 14 m 'Jo 4,0,;(,°21eY • Q •114.) 0, .... a • a wllta ..................... I• I 883 t SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND. STOO&S. Share) Railways. p a id . i Closing Business Prioe. done. t 3.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str.Val 1 all 1113/the and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian lOO Cork and Bandon a:l Cornwall all (A gets no div all Do A Do. B S tlll6pc.pan.has been paid to 8. 1 Dublin & Belfast June.; all Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' all Edinburgh & Glasgow. , 100 Glasg. and S. Western. , 130 Great Eastern, Ord. stk' 100 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st 100 GreatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northern lOO Do A stock Do Li do Gt. S. an iW. of Irelpn 100 Great Westerr,Original 100 IDo Str Val gua.. btock 100 Do. South Wales .... Do. ,:st Mid. -o:cord NewportDo Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western' Lon. & So*.th Western' Man., Shot, & Lincoln.' Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares... IMetropolitan Midland 100 100 all all all 103 Do Birming. ,t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland s Do. shares •i Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee l Nth. Eastern—Berwio Do, G.N.E. purohas, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. tic Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 144 G-61 North London Do New Do New, 1864. North Statrordshire ana n. LT UIIULIOd. Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Po Scot. Mid. stook 6 7 I'6 123 136 1:',8 127 13i 8) 81 691 7 47 49 35 40 91 191 413 i 431 eg 67 102 103 33 40 1101 lit 94 06 636 641 107 10 129} ;21 99 101 100 100 100 10.111.4 100 100 100 all 61 63 24 i 6 1054 1061 19 1L 100 5 4 all Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok I Taff Vale.. . Do C I Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Ilartlepool Har.&E, all 100 100 100 all 3 100 100 100 100 61 654 044 954 125 130 85 38 0 10 7 8 118 123 1 15p 75 77 10t 11t 134 138 122 k 1231 113/ 1031 1111 95t 65 54 66 84 46 81/ F 2 8 9 160 165 31 41 p 1051 97 99 33 35 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Prioe. Railways Paid. Ktlantio & Ft Lawrence •lom.,Baroda&.Centln Gu. 5 per cent Do. E. Shares... dulialo and Lake Hum Do. Preferonoe .. • • • duffalo,Brant,&Godrlcl S p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Do. • do. July 1, 187. i)o. do. June 1, 18; ~ 'lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin .iapeTown & Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.a. per. pf s:astn. Bengal gu. 5 p. 11:ast Indian. vu. 5 p. Do. do. J Est Grand Trunk of Canad; Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist fret. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt.lndialentn.gua. s p.e Do. Gni. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0. • .It. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per Cent Do. 4i per cent • - - Do. ..... `l'• oi Canada Share• Do. New ... • Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt )o. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. . Indian. Branch Limited %Lady's guar., 5 p. C. .. Do. 41 p. o. Extensim Do. 4* do ...... • Do. Fifth Extension. Uclb.Corp. 6 p. o. Ends lfelb. & Ilobson's Bay. Niewlirur wick at Caud Class A and B. I.ltl.C'daB pe Ist pi bd , Soinde Do. De1hi........ Do. do " " : 4 4 t Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo , ) tt. all 100 (100 100 { 2 ;10 100 55 57 .00 161 i dis pr 4i 5 7 8 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec 31, 1872.... 100 ' Do. do. 1883. 100 ,1..t,ur.6 p.c.Ja ui . 1877-81 100 89 92 85 90 Do. th p. c. Feb.& Au., 100 88 90 Do. ap. c. Mar. .1; Sept. 100 88 00 Do. Ep. o. JanalLJuly. 10C 75 80 77 Do. 5 inscribed stool 100 75 80 ape G.llope, 8 p 0,187: 100 ;04 106 Do.Ap L Oct. 1881 100 ,07 109 Do. 189 , 100 :58 110 )o. Jan. Sc July. 1891... 100 ;07 10) ;eylon, N0v.1F.63, 6 p 100 102 105 uo. 1878, do 100 119 112 dauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 tO3 106 Do. 1882 100 .03 105 --- iatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 .(.0 11 .5 9.8.G0v.6 a.ArJul: 100 I'3 96 v. S.W. G ov. 5 p 100 97 09 98 Du. sp. c.,11371 to 10 100 05 i 7 Do. d0.,1888 &upwrl. 100 94 06 05 Sew Zealand 6 p cent 100 11J 102 VcvaScotiaGov. 6p. c sterling, 1875. lOO 95 93 2,ueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 10) 102 i.Aus C- ov. 6 p.c.lt 68- 100 D. 175 &upward +... 100 105 107 103 r'le.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..tduly 100 , - Do. lo 6 p.c. An.dtOot„. 100 101 105 1034 BRITISH MINES. 2 'qmbrian Consol. Gold 1 Chiverton 3 6 7 Aluord Amalgamated. 30 32 )even G. Cons, rravist. 1 570 590 Drakewal s . r , :ast Bassett (Illogan) .3u (13 65 East Caradon ..... '1.14.4 268 275 ast Carn Brea 3.4. 1, 7 7s East Grenville ... 2.7.0. 75 it 75 East Lovell .. .. 2.13.6. 74 85 14"1Russel (Tavistit 8.1:3. 44 5 qamlzSt.Aubyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 3reat South Tolgua... lie 2 20 x. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 28 29 3renville .lerc-d's-Foot 8.13 38 9u lingston Downs 4.18 ., 4 44 ifargaret (Guy Lel= 7 9 rlarke Valley. 4 .tyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 24 15 1 r: Yangiles. 19 25 7 iew Betun 2! ; 75 85 , —• zorth Down Ca North Roskear.. . 294 20 22 tt liarmetkl ilo;sta 3.1 .6 If 25 15 Qorth Wheal Crotty . 2.80 35 4 Prosper United....: , 35 31 :rovidence(Uny Lelnt. tu 6.7 37 39 ;out h Caradon(St.Cleei 13 20 540 ?.Wheal Fran. (illog.an 19.18.1 33 36_ itray Park Cin Crolt v ) 7 19 ‘Vest Basset (Illogan) l5 8 9 . VC% radon I.Liskeard 9 51 61 5 West Chiver: on West &ton, sVheal Basset (Mogan 55 92 /35 Wheal Buller(Redrutl., 10 14 16 Wheal Ludcott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien 8 15 17 iVheal 3eton 585 2025 2078 Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 7 18 20 Wheal Union 4 1 15 PH,EFEUENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 74 North Eastern, Cons. pre)., 4 per cent.," — Ditto, 45 per cent. red., 595 PE,EFEREN' Western, Chester gua. I Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 Atto, 44 per cent. red., LINES LEASED A Shrewsbury And Hereford, 9' 95 10) 92 94 100 101 994 JCOi 19 20 93 93 71 73 CO 32 E 6 68. 56 f 8 53 56 46 48 28 20 26 C 8 100 101 pr 1r 99 100 9 94 11 104 89 91 n 81 4cl tr 995 100, 92 94 88 90 8 CO 6 89 83 09 1(0 98 100 d par 98 100 05 97 1001 991 100} 1001 100 110 i } lit Business don, FIXED RENTAL& FORM GN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Imperial Mexican, 3} BANKS. Alliance (lim.). 35 / Ditto, new, 34 Australasia, 6sl Bank of Queensland (11m), 15} Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 33} 231 Ditto, new, 31 East London, lira., 51 European Bank, lira., iti Imperial Ottoman, 15f London and County, 92/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4} London and South African, 196 Provincial of Ireland, 90} DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 67 MISCELLANEOIJB. City Offices, lira., 22 Commercial Union, Insurance, 7 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 6} 6 Hudson's Day, 154 International Financial Society, Um., 6i Joint Stock Discount, Um_ 42 5 London Financial Association, lim., 204 National Discount Company, lim., 124 National Financial, lim., Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim., Ditto (..£l , , 1 Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, 80} Telegrea It Construe. and Maintenance, Um., 31 Universal Marine. Insurance, lttn., 51 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE POLICE.-Mr Thomas Sheffield Robinson, of 94, Wimpole street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police constables Alfred Austin, 188 C, and Samuel Yeo, 316 A. The defendant was in Piccadilly this morning about 2 o'clock, having a dispute with a prostitute and surrounded by a number of others, and refused to go away when requested by the constables, he being very drunk at the time. Finding expostulation useless, the constables were about to take him into custody when he struck both with a cane which he bad in his hand, and became so obstreperous that it required foul constables to get him to the station. In answer to Mr Tyrwhitt, one of the constab!eseaid he had seen the defendant about the neighbourhood of the Haymarket all the evening, and had several times advised him to go away, as ho was causing a disturbance with the females, with whom he teemed to be well acquainted. The defendant said it was the females who caused the disturbance. They accused him of something which WEB not truo. If he struck the police it was not intentional. Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant lOs or 14 days, The fine was paid. TRE NIGEt EXPEDITION.—Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Comm odore A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., left Lagos, with the Investigator in tow, on the 26th, and arrived off tho mouth of the Niger on the evening of the 28th. The final arrangements, such as coaling. provisioning, &c., being completed, the expedition crossed the bar and pro ceeded up the river at 1 p.m, to•day. The object of the ex. pedition is to reach Rabba, to carry presents to King Masaba, to bring back Dr Bakie, and to take up Lieutenant Bour chier, R.M. L. 1., who takes Dr Bakie's place for the next 12 months. The expedition is commanded by Lieutenant C. G. P. Knowles, R.N., and consists of Lieutenant H. S. Sandys, Second Master J. P. M'Ewen, Surgeon E. Hales. Assistant Surgeon R. Sweetman, and Assistant Paymaster )11 cl vill Maxwell. The Expedition is also accompanied by Bishop Crowther and Mr Robins, an artist, who is travel ling tor pleasure, THE SUN, LONDON, tniTIZSDAILi EV. NOl6- 4 , OCT6BEI 13 , 1864. 82 64 122 123 6 7 31 33 16 17 85 87 105 107 431 44i THAMES. COAL STEALING ON A RAlLWAY.—Jeremiah Cronin, an audacious thief, 15 years of age, who has been in cus tody a great many times, and thrice summarily convicted, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with etc - Wing '2 cwt. of coals, the property of the North London Railway Company. John Grantham said—l am a night watchman in the service of the North London Railway Company, At 7.45 last evening I was watching a coal siding at Bow near the Lea Cut, and saw the prisoner and another boy taking coals from the siding, and putting them on board a barge in the Lea Cut, 25 yards off, They went backwards and forwards four or five times. They were about to shove the barge off to the other side of the stream, when I went on board and attempted to secure both, one ran away. I caught the prisoner and took him to the station-house, There was about two cwt. of coals stolen from the siding. Mr Partridge--How came thoy to mho uoo of the barge ? "Wtc,...- - rueir intention was to snow> cue cargo round to the opposite bank, and than the) would have landed the coals and got away with them. The company have been robbed to a large extent of their coals from the sidings. Henry Dove, a police-constable, 445 K, said the prisoner was a daring thief, and had been convicted three times summarily. On the first occasion he was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour, on the second to three months' imprisonment and hard labour, and on the 12th of August last to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner had only just coma out of prison. Mr Partridge asked the prisoner if he was guilty or not guilty ? The Prisoner—Guilty, sir. Mr Partridge sentenced him to bo imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months, and said that conviction would be returned to the sessions, and remembered against him, and if any case was made out against him again he would be committed for trial. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 38s 9d; barley, 30s 2d ; oats, 20s Od ; rye, 30s lld ; beans, 38s lld and peas, 35s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 41s Od ; barley, 3ls4d ; oats, 21s Id ; rye, 34s 2d; beans, 40s 7d; peas, 36s 6d._ _ _ ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 100,070 ; barley, 57,163; oats, 12,499; rye, 243; beans, 5,065; peas, 1,698 qrs, ---{ METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale here today was moderately extensive. the quality of the stock, however, being infe rior, good and prime breeds changed hands at full prices, but inferior qualities moved off slowly, at about Monday's currency : the top price was 5s 4d per 81b, With sheep the market was but moderately supplied. The mutton, trade, however, was very slow, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday. The primest Downs, &c., realised 5s 6d per 81b. The supply of calves on sale was but moderate, yet the veal trade ruled less active, at 2d per 81b less money than on Monday. Prime small pigs were in steady demand, at full prices. Large hogs, however, were dull. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. a. d. s. d. s. d. e d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 10 PHl:seers-wool d 0.5 0 6 2 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Large orse. calves 4 4 4 1 , ) Prime Scots, eitc. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 5 0 5 2 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 4 10 Small porkers..., 4 2 4 8 Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, Os to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... . Cows 125 , Sheep Sheep • Calves Pigs. 3301 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade, on the whole, is steady at about previous rates. Bref, from 3s Od to 4s 6d mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, Oct. 12.—Prime meat was firm, but inferior descriptions met a slow sale. Beet, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 8d; veal, 4s 4d to 58 Od; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 12,—The trade was slow, but prime qua lities were firm in price. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d; mut ton, 3s 10d to 453 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 8lbs; suckling calves, 168 to 19s; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB each. HAY MARKETS. SmintriELD.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 10s; clover, £4 15s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. CUMRERLIND.—Meadow hay, £3 10s to £5 lOs ; clover/ £4 158 to £6 108 Od; and straw, £lBs to £1 12s per load. A fair demand. WILITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 108 to £5 10s ; clover, £4 16s to £6 lUs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load, Trade firm, The Explosion at Erith. Yesterday evening Mr W. Payne, coroner for the City and Southwark, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital respect ing the death of Elizabeth Osborn, aged 8 years and 4 months, who died from the effects of the explosion. ._ . Mr George Osborn said that he was a painter, in busi ness, and resided at Bromley, in Kent. His daughter Elizabeth went on a visit to the house of Mr Silver, the manager of the Lowood Gunpowder Company's maga zine, next that of Messrs Hall, at Belvedere. She was there a fortnight when the explosion took place. Mr Sidney Turner, house surgeon, said that the deceased was brought to the hospital on the Ist October, in a severe state of collapse. She had received dreadful lacerations on the face, chest, and arms, apparently from broken glass. She died in 10 days, and it was then found that the base of her skull had been fractured. The Coroner said that at the proceedings held on the pre vious day at Erith an important letter was produced. The document was proved to be a letter written by Rayner, the manager of Mr Hall's magezino, and it was addressed to the foreman, Mr Monk, at Faversham. It contained most serious complaints of the condition of the powder barrels sent to Erith. Mr John F. Hall hero stepped forward and said that he was the son of the London partner, and was assistant to the firm, he coula therefore give some explanation. The firm had received no complaints for three years past. Three years ago they had received from a maker a number of very defective barrels, and in consequence of the complaints then made the Messrs. Hall had erected a large cooperage, at which all the barrels were now made, under their own supervision. The letter of Mr Rayner bore no date, but it was evidently written in reference to what had happened three years ago. The Foreman —Have you not other magazines at Erith where an examination of the general condition of the barrels could be made ? Mr Hall—Not at Erith, They are not in use ; but we have magazines at Liverpool and elsewhere which would admit of examination. Barrels manufactured by the same are in those magazines. A Juror—Mr Hall distinctly told us last week that no iron was used in the magazines, and now we find that a go vernment officer saw iron nails and rods on all aides. 11 itness—l cannot speak from personal knowledge of the old magazine, which the Government bought three years ago; but in the magazine all the nails, &c., were copper. The witness who spoke as to the state of the old magazine admitted that he had only been in it once for a moment, The Coroner—l think it would be best to write to the Board of Trade, and ask them to appoint some competent scientific man to make an examination of the general state of the barrels in the other magazines. The Foreman—The question of the bad manufacture of the powder barrels has suddenly arisen, although it was en tirely unsuspected by us last week. It would therefore be very necessary to ascertain by some disinterested evidence what the actual state of the case may be. It would be ab surd for us to return a verdict that the explosion took place from an accident if another jury were at the same time in possession of evidenco proving that there was culpable neg- ligence. The Coroner said that he should at once communical with the Board of Trade upon the sui , joet. The court then adjourned. MUNIFICENCE OF A LADY.--A benevolent lady has paid the cost, amounting to LAS, of the Valentia life boat establishmsnt oa the coast of Kerry, Ireland, which is now being formed there under the superintendence of the National Lifeboat Institution. It is the only lifeboat station on that wild Atlantic coast. The same lady had previously defrayed the cost of a lifeboat and transporting carriage for a station on the north-west coast of England. Forecasts of Weather. The following memorandum, published for gene ral information by Vice-Admiral R. Fitz-Roy, appi pears in the Lifeb oat, the journal of the National Lifeboat Institution : FORECASTS OF WEATHER. Many persons have asked questions about forecasts of weather and their principles. Some have impugned their accuracy, and a few have demurred to their having any claim to a really scientific basis. No doubt that as very different views of atmospheric commotions or changes are token by able men, such subjects may scarcely seem worth their earnest attention, because as yet th , y have not been brought to the verification of a rigid mathematical analysis But to metaphysical inquiries, and to other researches or avocations, indispensably useful, one might take objection, and decline their study on similar grounds. Meteorology n..t only abounds in physical facts, excessively useful as well as interesting, but it demands an extensive range of intellectual and extremely comprehensive considerations. One cannot take it into full use without due study; yet who is there without an independent opinion of the weather, and perhaps too little understood barometric indi cations ? Having ascertained that the principal atmos pheric currents are incessantly in more or less circuitous but mutually opposed progress, sometimes side by side but in contrary directions, sometimes superposed, one or °Uler being nearest the earth's surface, temporarily—and always having lateral as well as direct progression, we have a clue to their dynametry—by observations at distant stations and by telegraphing to a centre, somewhat like that which might be given in a tidal estuary to an observer at a fixed station, tams. by B ships swi ng i ng i n advance or rece di ng tide re the tension or b arome t r ic pressure, the sy temperature and other characteristics of the air at each station—by the approximate knowledge now possessed of the set, turn, or progression of atmospheric currents — of their relative breadth horizontally, and of the circui tous eddies usually, or often, between their edges or boundaries—one may tell what conditions of air exist within some hundred miles around—say a sweep of 500 miles from London (as a centre), and, which is of far more d p o y i Q n v g od t t this for o about two F t r w ai o la d t a l y al s in advance value, what changes of movements are impending. The c re a s p t a s b o il n ity th of e f rrmsJatinn toward the east an he temperate zone, w e northerly, southerly, or other (mixed) currents of air are in very various movement, the practical results on the earth's surface being usually composite motions. By thus con sidering the atmospheric area above, around, and within some hundred miles of us ; by statical observations at the same hour, and by summary calculations of a dynamic character, all the principal motions and changes are brought within the grasp of forecast. But this applies only to general and principal averages, not to local pecu- Hari+ ies or special disturbances so limited In nature that they do not affect more than a few score miles' expanse of atmos phere, It ought to be kept in mind that broad shallow currents are the chief serial features, below or between or among which there can be no vacancy, unless momentarily, as when a violent blast of wind is caused by a sudden (approximate) vacuum; and that when currents act against each other (gravity restraining upward motion) their ten dency is to cause more or less rotation. The lamented Espy said that winds always set from the place of higher baro meter towards that of lower, but he also said (which some writers seem to have overlooked) that the meeting of such winds causes a circuitous effect. Espy's views accord with those of the authoritative Duve and our illustrious Her schel. The word cyclone has been so associated with storm that fow persons attach to it now the simple and ancient sense of circuit or circuitous. Without duly fol lowing the progress and ultimate destination of materiel fluid, air having great bulk, infinite elasticity, and more or less . vis inertix, or rather momentum, according to me chanical laws, some persons have imagined that air curs rents intermix, as if unresistingly, instead of opposing each other for a time, especially if in rapid motion, just like cur rents of water in a river or in the sea. Air-streams in op position must deflect or turn each other, or go upward (against gravitation). Without a general, lateral, or trans mer,dional movement, or translation of atmosphere toward the east in the temperate zones, but westward in the inter tropical regions—in addition to meridional movements from and toward the poles (of which full explanations are given elsewhere), it would not be possible to forecast the character of wind and weather beyond ono day's interval. It is the prescience of dynamic consequences arising out of statical facts that enables a really scientific calculation of probabi lities to be made. Certainty is not yet attainable; but a fair average probability, for a certain area or district is already within our reach. Out of these forecasts spring the cautionary notices of impending storms. It is by a continuous observation of the changes and indications of change that we are now enabled to decide and direct with confidence. 'Without such a generally-informed state we should often be surprised, as we should derive our warnings solely from distant stations, and should not be able as now frequently to warn even outposts, such as Nairn, Valentia, or Rochefort. That errors have occurred—that we have, been too slow, or have given warning where it seemed to have been unnecessary—may appear to have been unavoid able in such new and tentative experiments. But there have been four special causes of occasional failure which ought to be fairly considered. "1. A watch having been officially set to report on the results of each cautionary signal, has somewhat discouraged such speedy action as might otherwise have been taken in signalling., lest a record of their inutility should be compiled rather than the contrary, 2. Public offices are not open on Sundays, and only a few principal telegraph stations are then available. Hence th re is sometimes unavoidable delay between Saturday and Monday. 3. No one or two persons can be always at their station all the year round from morn ing to night. The new subject of forecasting and warn ing is hardly yet so familiar to many persons, however zealous, as it may be in due time. Lastly, the telegraph offices are not open in gen era l till 8 or 9 in the morning, or after those hours at night ; th ere f ore official communica tions are only practicable, over so wide a range as ours, between those times of the day." To communicate between Nairn or Valentia or Rochefort and our office in London usually takes about two hours, in actual practice. For proofs of what has been thus stated, perhaps too dogmatically, about the movements of air-cur rents and their lateral translation, I would suggest a general reference to various publications, except for one recent and very remarkable instance. During the storm of October 29-30, such remarkable sudden and violent shifts of wind took place about the same time at many places in a nearly meridional direction acr oss E ng l an d, b e tween or by Oxford, Greenwich, Nottingham, an d o th er places, that even to meteorologists they seem e d unaccoun table —but if we con template parallel current s , s id e by s ide, moving rapidly in opposite directions, and having also a lateral movement to the eastward, such sudden and meridional changes may be come as easy to comprehead as those so well described by aeronauts, who passed out of one stratum or current of air into another, so closely superposed that while the balloon was tilted (draws' aside as i t were) by the one, the car was affected differently by th e other. This momentary effect was accompanied by a rus hing sound like that of a torrent of water. These currents had different tempera tures, electric characters, degrees of dryness or moisture, and horiz intal motions. (The sound, caused by pressure and friction, is suggestive of various ideas in connection with heat and electric considerations, inadmissible here.) In this case, of course, the representative of an observatory moved vertically through horizontal air-currents, at times differing in velocity (referred to earth's surface) from some 30 to 60 miles an hour. In the former instance—that of a land station—the currents were separated vertically, their division passing across any place suddenly but horizontally. At the p7esent time our meteorologic communications are utilised,and highly appreciated on the continent. At ab ou t teni in the morning (as soon as in London), Paris receives notices of wind and weather from our most distant stations, an d distributes them. Near the same time we receive tele grams at this offi ce from three French coast station s — Brest, if a i n t: e Y u coasts of Fr ance , Thi s British a large respons ib ility. What ) cautionary notices to more t h en L or ient, and Roch efort—bein g all that we can utilise. Two hours afte rwards the French Government des patches is of course a fre q ue nt question. The Me inldB u 554 with a yea r l y es ti ma t e o f es, exclusive o f th ose now o esdyi u ogs r ehtse f t o mei t r e enchcoaassstt stations and ( on the incurred s? therefore teorologic-office of the Boa rd of Trade, and for the Admiralty xfs l i ou k 4rp, e 2oo i oa se d. d, all — with eT w d h a , s ni st e p hwt s et then e l n i I. sehre manyd co ntemplated. To in c l u d e an d provide a dditional' objects, and th e i r contingent expenses— I now ask to have £5,800, bein g only 4 1 , 60 0 more than in 1855-58 whe n meteorologic investi g a tions had net led to their practical u tilisation nationall y . Inconmcleunsyione; may I be p ermitt ed to say that, while ad mittingrors of judgment and n umerous instances of tardy decision, it has been proved by general opinion of the maritime, if not a lso of the agricultural, interests that the system of meteorologic information existing now under the Board of Trade is wtrth ire cost to th e nat i on, and i s deserving of efficient ma intenance,—R. Frrz - Roy. P°ateri cautionaryPL—na'in noticesoccasional to the Midl an d districts, I am anxious to say that such detailed defi nitionl seem hardly requsito, as they could hot be given fo r hi g hl ands an d e comparisons Valleys, vari exposed sons o f districts, thedaily weather reports o r no ti ces for and sheltered pl aces a lik e, F a i r those coasts which are nearest to any such inland place— especially those to the westward—and due consideration of the reports immediately preceding the time of observation, or e xpected, as probable to occur during next day, or on that to follow it—may give better information than a special forecast—not duly estimati n g local p e culiarities. The whole area of the British islands i s so smal l , comparatively, that spiavleulyp, upper, on r, a or w changes over them may be better e stimated col-Iva:hen cidloeud bearing scale(a vingespecial reference to currents),princi rather than to local effects in confined or very limited districts, CnURCII RATE CONTEST IN TILE CITY.—The parishioners of St. Katherine Cree Church, at the eastern division of the City in and around Leadenhall-street, were on Tuesday summoned to attend a poll which had been de manded at the vestzy meeting held en the Thursday pre ceding, to decide whether a proposition then made for a church rate of 10d in the pound should be carried or not At the poll Churchwarden Nash presided, and at the close he announced the number of votes recorded to be—for the rate, 58 ; against it, 47. The church. rate of 10d was accordingly declared to be carried. Reported Death of Lord Palmerston, A rumour was generally prevalent this morning, ,o the effect that Lord Palmerston had died during ihe n'ght. We have great pleasure in announcing ,he rumour to be without foundation. The Leeds Banking Company. THIS DAY. This morning Vice Chancellor liindersley met the repro • sentatives of the creditors of this company, at his Chambers, in Stone buildings. An application was made by Mr Glasse for the appoint ment of an official liquidator. The winding up was not opposed, and Mr Turquand was appointed the official liquidator, subject hereafter to an application to the Court in term. An order was made that the affairs of the bank should be wound up on three petitions which were presented. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SAMBRE AND MEUSE. Tho half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at tho cffice, Moorgate-street ; Mr G. Showarel in .he chair. Mr Snellgrove, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an abstract of which has appeared in the Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had very little to say on the working of the railway for the last six months, as no change in it had taken place. They had now a fixed income from the leasing companies,and neither an addition to the traffic nor a diminution of expenses could alter their position until after the years 1864 and 1665, when the terms of the agreement would entitle them to a certain proportion cf the net prefi's over and above the £40,000 a year. Under the agreement their position could never be worse than it was at present, but it might be greatly improved. They could not be called upon for an increase of capital except for the completion of two or three stations as permanent structures, and a certain portion of lo , fit i ?s , t i gfAßhs.alF/iAtioth whenever the Government This would not require much capital, and as the company had a certain number of shares in hand they could dispose of them and thus raise the requisite funds without calling upon the shareholders for any further contribution. They would not have to pay for renewal or repairs, and their capital ac count might be considered as closed. He had received several letters from shareholders. Some complained that the weekly traffic returns of the amalgamated companies for the corres ponding weeks of last year were not published so as to enable them to form a comparison with the weekly returns of this year. The reason they were not published was the difficulty of giving them correctly; the Antwerp and Rotterdam week for the corresponding period ended on Thursday the Sambre and Meuse on Saturday, and the Eat-Belge was made up once a month. He did not think the publication for the weeks of last year could do much good, as they would necessarily to some extent be erroneous. An addition had since been made to the Antwerp and Rotterdam system, Other shareholders complained of the low price of the shares as compared with those of the West Flanders, but he could not explain it, as one was as good as the other. He had also been asked as to the amount of increase in the dividend they might expect after January, 1866. He did not like to venture an opinion as to what the amount of the increase would be, but he believed they would have an increase. As to himself, he should feel disappointed if he did not receive ultimately 5 per cent. instead of the 913iniMUY3 of 2 per cent uow guaranteed to them by the amalgamated companies ; but he could not then give them any figures in support of his ultimate expectation of the 5 per cent. He supposed there would be no objection to removing the office in Belgium from Jardinet to Brussels, as the directors would not trench upon the dividend, but would confine their office expenses to the amount allowed for that purpose by the amalgamated company. There was no difficulty with the Government in respect of the amalgamation, but they had refused to release the Sambre and Meuse Company from any of its engagements with the Government. They would have to submit the ac counts as usual to the Government authorities as if they had nut been leased to the other company. They would also have to meet the shareholders every half-year to declare a dividend. Since the amalgamated company had taken pos session of their line the Government had endeavoured to make a further reduction in the tariff. The directors would endeavour to make the dividends payable in future on the Ist of March and Ist of September in each year, but that would depend on obtaining an earlier settlement of accounts with the Government. Mr WILLIA3ISON seconded tip motion for the adoption of the report and statement of accounts. Mr AUSTEN, a director, explained that the company would receive every three months .-ClO,OOO from the amalga mated companies before they paid any interest or dividend to their bond or share holders. In reply to . quations it was stated that the Government was acting most unfairly towards the English railway comrn panies in Belgium ; that there were at present 160 projects for now railways in Belgium, and it was fully expected that at least halt the money would be got from England. The State lines had been made with money borrowed at 3 per cent., they had realised 6 per cent., and a large portion of the money having been repaid, the Government had reduced the tariff on all the lines considerably, and now wanted to compel the companies to make further reductions for the benefit of the country. There was now a through line from Antwerp to Basle, but the Government would not let the company's waggons go through over the State line, and they were now fighting to attain that object. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, approving the dividend of 4s, por £2O share for the past half year, re electing Mr Harrison and Mr Sheward, the retiring direc tors, and authoz ising the removal of the office from Jardinot to Brussels. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. 'WELLAND. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at the offices, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. The CHAIRMAN said that at the last general meeting it was decided to apply for an Act to raise the proposed £50,000 in preference bonds for the purpose of building propellers and placing the line in a completely efficient state. The directors were indebted to certain individual bondholders, who felt confident in the ultimate success of the undertaking, for having taken the initiative, not only in prOviding propellers for the season, but in relieving the company from the pressure of creditors in Canada. In ad dition to this they had advanced £12,000, which, with a portion of the second mortgage bonds remaining available, and the allotment of a small amount of the proposed new preference bonds, would be sufficient to discharge the whole of the trade debts of the company, amounting to £20,000. The Act for raising the £50,0,0 had received the assent of the Colonial Legislature in June last. He concluded by moving a formal resolution authorising the directors to issue preference bonds or debentures to the amount of £50,000 as a first charge on the railway and works, zbe roll ing stock, vessels, elevators and other property of the com pany, on such terms of years and rate of interest as the directors might determine, not exceeding 8 per cent. per annum. Mr BOSANQUET seconded the motion. A PHOPRIETOR inquired what under the new arrange ment would be the position and prospects of the old bond holders. The CHAIRMAN replied that their position and prospects would be improved. If this were not done, their property would be valueless, the money being required for steamers, repair of the line, and other purposes, which might all be effected for £lO,OOO. The preference bondholders would enable the directors to pay off all the debts and so supersede the rights of the execution creditors, who, according to the Canadian law, could come upon the lino and stop the traffic. With the exception of the preference bonds created by the Act, all other charges on the company would retain their respective priorities. The first bonds were payable in 1866, and it was hoped that the company would be placed in such a position by that date that there would be no difficulty in renewing the bonds. After some discussion the resolution was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. ST. ANDREW'S. The half-yearly meeting of the company was held on Monday; Mr W. Smith in the chair. The report stated that the revenue was £l,BOl, and the expenditure 1,085. The revenue still showed a steady in crease, but, in consequence of the large outlay on the per manent way, the directors were unable to increase the divi dend beyond the guaranteed 4i per cent. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the report, adverted to the recent report of Captain Rich on the con dition of the line, and disputed the statements of it, main taining that the line had been worked since the Commence ment in a safe and satisfactory manner. Mr. Piriting seconded the motio , which, after some con- Versaiion, was agreed to. It was resolved to authorise the directors to apply for power to borrow £G,OOO for the improvement of the lino. A WORD ON BEITALF OF OUR SEA FISH.—Sea fish have innumerable enemies, and while the do. struetion by millions of herrings and mackerel in full roe is permitted and even encouraged by law, it is unreasonable to expect the stock of fish to increase. For every female herring or mackerel destroyed while in roe 500,000 ova perish, and while the salmon, trout, perch, and all fresh water fish arc plotected by Act of Parliament, there is no protection whatever for our sea fisheries. The remedy is very simple. Let it be made illegal to destroy sea fish while breeding—that is, give them a couple of months' immunity, and the supply of a good wholesome article of food for the poor man will be increased a hundred fold, and fish will be procurable in the London .nacket at a tenth part of the pre sent price. The subject is well worth the attention of the L'gislature, and he will deserve well of the nation who shall first call the attention of Parliament to so impor tant a matter, and one in which there is room for such a vast improvement,—Once a IFeek. Meeting of Middlesex Nagistra to THIS DAY. A meeting of the Middlesex magistrates was held this day, at the Clerkonwell Sessions House, for the transaction of the usual county business. ,THE PRISON MINISTERS' ACT. On the motion for the receptiLn of the report of the Visit ing Justices of the House of Correction, Coldbath Fields, Mr LAWRIE asked whether any and what arrangements had bee,: made by the Visiting Justices to enable Catholio prisoners who had expressed a wish to see ministers of their own religion ? Mr WYATT said the number of persons who had ex pressed such a desire was one out of three, two out of three having declined• With respect to the arrangements made he had to inform the Court that every necessary preparation had been made. When only one Catholic prisoner wished to see his minister, he did so alone, but when two or more expressed such a desire a warder was precept. Mr LAWRIE asked how often the Catholic minister s attended, and whether au particular days for their admi s cion hid been fixed. Mr W YATT said the visiting justices had fixed Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Mr. LAIVRTH said he should like to know whether any money had been expended in the purchase of crucifixes, chalices, or other articles. _ Mr. i T iYATT said not a penny had been laid out in such a manner. Mr. I Awnin asked whether past experience induced the belief that the resolution had been carried out without any danger to the nation, and to Clerkenwell in particular (" Oh, oh I") The question produced a slight commotion, but it was not mswered. [The formal business of receiving reports from other officers was then proceeded with.] On the motion for the consideration of so much of the report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction at Coldbatb-fields, laid before the Court on the last county day as related to the proceedings of the visiting justices with reference to the Prison Ministers Act, Mr Sergeant PAYNE moved, pursuant to notice, " That this Court has learnt with satisfaction from the report of the arkLtjnlitrstices of the House_ of Correction at Coldbath- Prison Ministers' Act and the resolution of this Court, as to prevent the unnecessary atteniance of a Roman Catholic priest at the prison by limiting his visits to those Roman Catholic prisoners who, in answer to enquiry, shall have expressed a wish to receive them, the statute declaring that no prisoner shall be so visited against his will. At the same time this court desires to draw the attention of the Visiting Justices to the further provisions of the act (which do not appear by the report to have been considered) by which it is required that such visit s shall be under such restrictions imposed by them as may guard against the introduction of improper persons and prevent improper communications.' This court, considering that without those restrictions, the safeguards intended by the Legislature will not have been carried into effect." In bringing forward his resolution, the hon. gentleman said formerly prisoners could have been visited by a mini ster of their own religious belief if they required it. The recent Act permits only the question to be put, "Do you require a priest to visit you ?" It explained that, as already stated, that so far as the House of Correction was concerned, ono out of three had declined. But the Visiting Justices, he thought, had not gone far enough It was a condition in the Act of Pa - 'lament that the permission to see a priest should be given only under certain restrictions. The Visiting Justices seem to have admitted every one who had come to vi-it without any inquiry as to moral character. It was only lately that there had appeared an account of the expulsion of a priest from a continental establishment, in consequence of most immoral conduct ; and a letter had also appeared in the papers, which he at first could hardly believe, when he commenced reading it, to have been written by any other person than some lady superior. However, on com ing the conclusion he found it to be the production of a priest to a little Loy. Besides this a recent case of abduction had not at all set the public mind at rest. Then, with respect to improper communica tions no regulation was made by the justices for the prevention of objectionable observations. There was no thing to prevent a priest, having gained access to a prisoner, from telling him that all Protestants were heretics ; that Protestantism was to be overthrown, that the prisoner's al legiance was to the Pope in superiority to the Queen. It was but fair to conclude that the object of those who pressed this matter on the part of the Catholics was to upset the Protestant religion, and unfurl the banner of Popery over the ruins of the Established Church. (Oh, oh ) Captain MORLEY seconded the motion. 111 i SWIFT said the Catholic gentleman who visited the House of Correction was to his present knowledge a gentleman of the highest possible character as a divine, and one who by his distinguished labours showed most unmis takably that his object was the prevention of crime and the reformation of criminals. He regretted the intolerant re marks of the learned sergeant, who might know a good deal about law, but he knew little of the knowledge of life, and nothing of the reformation of criminals. The only way to reform character was by personal application and the weight of the minister cf religion being brought to bear upon the offender. He condemned the remarks (4 thelearned sergeant as another memorable exhibition ci the;intoler ance he had so of ten exhibited in that court. •Mr. PAYNE regretted that a county magistrate should have gone out of his way in his zeal for the cause he had espoused to make a personal attack on a brother magis trate. The motion of Sergeant Payne was then put by the chairman and carried, The Court then proceeded with the other business on the paper, which, having been disposed of, the Court ad journed. BRUTAL OUTRAGE.—A brutal and probably fatal outrage was perpetrated on Sunday evening last near Balinamuck, in the county of Longford. It appears that a feud existed between three families named Farrell, Cassidy, and Merriman who resided near each other, and three brothers of tho Merriman family, determined to com pletely silence their opponents, waylaid Patrick Cassidy and James Ferrell, and beat them in a most savage manner with shovels, spades, &c. During the affray Patrick Cas sidy received a severe blow on the head with a shovel, which leaves him in a precarious state. Farrell was not beaten so much, but sustained some injuries. After satisfying them selves the brothers decamped, leaving their victims welter. ing in blood. The police have captured Peter and John Merriman, but Francis has escaped, Cassidy's life is con sidered to bo in danger. FIVE BOYS BURIED ALIVE.—A serious accident, whereby one boy has lost his life and another received dangerous injuries, took place in Dukinfield on Tuesday. James Lawton (nine years of age), John Holmes (seven years), and three other boys about the same age, were playing at theDukinfield Park. Near the Dukinfieldßrewery there has existed a colliery, for many years worked in the side of the hill, under the park, but it has been disused for three or four years. The park is a considerable height above the road, so that the ooal crops out in some places in the park adjacent to the road. At the back of the brewery the seam is three or four inches in thickness, and the five boys were digging out the coal when the earth gave way, and they were all more or less caught by it as it fell. An alarm being given, some men who are engaged at the brewery ran to the spot with spades. The boy llolmes was rescued alive, though he was completely covered with earth except his felt. The boy Lawton was quite dead ; he was found with his head uncovered, but had been crushed to death with the weight of the earth which had fallen upon him. The three other boys escaped without being in the least hurt. The boy Holmes, though dangerously crushed, is expeoted to recover. A MASTER MILLER CHARGED WITH POACHING. —At the Wellington Petty Sessions, on Tuesday last, Mr J. Tomlinson, a miller, living at Leegomery, near this town, was charged with trespassing on lands belonging to the Duke of Sutherland, on the morning of the ith ult. 1 t appeared from the evidence of a gamekeeper named Jones, and police-sergeant Christie, that defendant was seen about 5 o'clock on the morning in question in a field at Wappenshall. He had a gun In his hand, and was observed to fire at something in the stubble. He then went to the spot and picked it up. A subsequent slouch was made, and the feathers of a partridge were found on the ground. Defendant was accosted, but he denied shootiu a bird, and said it was a rabbit. Tomlinson repeated this siatement before the magistrates, but Mr Bather said he considered the charge fully made out, and was surprised to see a man of defendant's position of life making himself amenable to the law, He must pay a fine of £2 and 9s 8d costs, POWDER MAGAZINES.—A special meeting of the Town Council of Rochester was held on Tuesday, at which the subject of the late calamitous explosion at Belve dere was under consideration, and the consequences which would result from a similar explosion of the powder maga zines at Upnor Castle, on the opposite side of the harbour. It was unanimously resolved to memoralise the Government on the subject, calling attention to the danger resulting from the storing of large quantities of gunpowder in one place, and urging upon the authorities the importance of adopting every possible precaution for the prevention of accident at the Upnor magazines, where, it was stated, as much as 30,000 barrels of gunpowder were in store at a time. A triple suicide was committed the night before last at the house No , 5 8 , Rue du Fabourg du Temple f , by the concierge, his wife, and their da u g hter, a youngerwoman, aged 24. The inhabitants of the h ouse and the neighbours, seeing that the lolge remained closed at a much later hour than usual, forced an entrance, and boond i suffocated th fumes of charcoal from a large brazier which was still burning. On the table lay a paper which was written, "We prefer death to dishonour." It appears that the unhappy man, having lost all his property some five years since, became concierge of the house in question, but ill fortune still pursued the family, and being unable to meet a till of exchange about to fall due, they resolved to destroy themselves. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Days NEWMARKET RACES—TiIIs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £5O PLATE. Hippotyta Strafford Arkansan 3 MATCH. Oldminster beat Barbadoes. NEWMARKET OAKS. Fille de I'Air Bre€ze _. Six ran. CITY BETTING,—This DAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. G to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ackwortla (taken) 25 to 1 eget Mail Train (taken freely) 33 to 1 aAst Adventurer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Planet (taken) 50 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps (taken) CLOSE OF THE NEW ZEALAND WAR, SUBMISSION OF THE NATIVES. A copy of the following telegram was reeeired tosday at the War Department from the Fortign Office:— (cops•) Telegram from the Acting Consul General, Cairo, to the Foreign Office. 10th October, 1864. I beg to communicate through your Lordship's Office, to the Secretary of State for War, and to the Quartermaster-General, Horse Guards, Lon% don, the following telegram, just received from Lieutenant General Cameron, dated Taurenga, August 6th : _ _ ...,,vta ug WU& place on the sth and 6th of August between his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand and the natives of Taaranga, at which the latter submitted unconditionally to the Queen's authority, and placed their lands at the a owornor'a a:.1.-“,-,1 They have been permitted to return to their lands, a small portion of which will be forfeited. (Signed) Taos. READ, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. TROON, Oct. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ricardo, from, Londonderry. CLYDE, Oct. 12.—Wind N.E.E.—Arrived—Howard, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Queen of the Sea, from Pomaron. SWANSEA. Oct. 12.—Wind . N.E.—Sailed—Anna Rears, or Buenos Ayres. PILL, Oct. 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Semiramis, from River Plato. PORTSMOTII, Oct. 12.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—ller Majesty's ship Vulcan, from Hong Kong—Her Majesty's ship Foxhound, from Malta. CARDIFF, Oct. 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Merchant, from New York. HULL, Oct. 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Skelleften, from Gelle. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH S ) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrivea, Oct. 12—Scawtell, from Whampoa—Enig heden, from Tonsberg—Alexander, from Riga—Agnar, from Belize—Wendelina Jacobs, from St Petersburg—Nar cissus, from Gefie,--Herculer., from Qaebec. Arrived, Oct. 13.—Eliza Forbes, and Agneta, from Ar changel—Twelfth of May, from Nykiobing—Cheviot, from Madras—Transatlantic, from Sydney. Sailed, Oct. 12—Westmoreland, for Jamaica. Sailed, Oct. 13—Dorothy, for Madras—Rio Grande, for Jamaica—Reaper, fir Fayel—Helena, steamer, for Dieppe. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Teaser, for Buenos Ayres--Hermione, for San Francisco—Anne Catherine, for Cochin—all from L on d on . Min, from FOG-chow Foo, for London—Lord Coßingwood, from Plymouth, for Newcastle—E. N. Stetson, from New York, for London (in tow). Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Oct 19. 1 ,,, ;.a Marseilles Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct. 13. Falkland Islands .. .. •••• Gibraltar, via Southampton Oct. 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 19. -- . - . via Marseilles Oct, 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. U. via Marseilles Oct. 6. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 6. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo: U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 12. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 7. Adv:ces from Vienna contradict a rumour pubs lished by some foreign journals that the Austrian Cabinet had opened negotiations with that of Spain, in order to come to an understanding as to the policy they should pursue in common on the subject of the Franco•ltalian Convention. The City of London has arrived from N2W York with £62,600. A further sum of £4,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The failare has taken place of Mr Louis Speltz, commission merchant, of Liverpool. The liabilities are stated at £250,000 upon his own acceptances, and £70,030 on endorsements and engagements on other bills, of which £50,000 is expected to rank on the estate. The assets are described as of an uncer. tain character, and the books have been placed in the hands of Messrs C. F. Kemp, Ford, and Co. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. P. E. Bendir and Co., merchants and commission agents, of Mark lane. The books have been placed in the hands of Mr. S. Lowell Puce, and the liabilities are stated at £35,000. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained np to this day, are in round figures as under : 1864. 1863. Great Western North-Western 111,161 101,209 South-Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire.. Bristol and Exeter North •Eastern 63,106 58,970 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 19,322 17,807 Great Eastern These. returns are generally of a very favourable character. On the Great Western there is an in. crease of £7,259 ; on the North Western of £9,955 ; on the South 'Western of £2,695; on the Brighton of £3,549 ; on the Midland of £6,147 ; on the South Eastern of £4,649 ; on the Great Northern of £4,529 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,220; on the Bri9tol and Exeter of £45 ; on the North Eastern of £4,13G; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,515; and on the Great Eastern of £1,677. STRANGE STORY. -A letter from St. Petersburg mentions an extraordinary affair which lately oc. curred in the town of Orel. A great local landowner had a large sum (43,000 silver roubles) to receive through the police-office of that town. On applying for the amount he was told that the money could not be handed over to him unless he presented the office with 5,000 silver roubles. He refused, and immediately reported the case to St. P etersburg, and the money was paid over to him. But on the evening of the same day, as he was quietly smoking in his study, a loud r ing was heard a t the bell. The servant on %Ailing the door was I-po instantlya rushed u P s in o i into edand 4 men, their faces covered with black the they room o p m l a . i T y h t e o l d a n h d i o m w n h e e r a must t h em what they wanted ; h an d over his 43,000 roubles. With the greatest coolness h e went over to his strong box, opened it, seized a revolver, e w hich was lai d on the top shelf, and shot two of the rob bers dead, the other two immediately taking to their heels. crapelle t b h e n e nsent removedf orassistance,from the facesp police, c e t h , &e" dead end m on the they recognised as the head of the police were The body of the former has been removed to Nice for in terment. The formation of the great military road between Freshwater and Chald, on the south-west coast of the Isle o f Wight, has commenced. The most important part of the work will be the viaduct over Brexton Grange, The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 s terling . . On comparing these rates with the English !dint price of £3 178. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it a ppears that gold is about 2-ICtlis per cent. dearer iu London than in Paris. By advicr s from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 stalky'. Standard gold at the Enßlish Mint price is , thrrefe re, about 7-I•.tlis per cent. dealer in London than in 'Limburg. Shar 100 Sk 1 20i 10 100 1 LOO 100 stock stook stook 1"0 stool•. stook stock stock stook stook stock stock stock Bted stook